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Duterte the 'most responsible' person in bloody drug war, must face House probe--Brosas 

Published Jul 30, 2024 04:04 am

At A Glance

  • Makabayan solon Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has tagged former president Rodrigo Duterte as the "most responsible" person in the bloody war against illegal drugs. 

IMG-97d50fd7c7e1e5335c8119ac8b51d68d-V.jpgFormer president Rodrigo Duterte (Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN)



Makabayan solon Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has tagged former president Rodrigo Duterte as the "most responsible" person in the bloody war against illegal drugs.

In a House Committee on Human Rights hearing Monday, July 29, Brosas demanded that Duterte be made to appear in the proceedings so he could face the music.

"Again and again, we've been requesting for the former president to come here para ipaliwanag po yung mga akusasyon sa kanya (so that he can explain the accusations against him). Hanggang ngayon, hindi pa nangyayari (Up to now, it hasn't happened)," Brosas said.

Panel chairman Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. began the hearing by saying that it could be the last on the extrajudicial killings (EJKs), being the fifth hearing. Brosas opposed this.

"Patuloy po tayong magkaroon ng hearing hanggang sa matapos natin at malaman talaga natin yung katotohanan sa [EJKs] na kinomit during the Duterte administration," she said.

(Let's continue these hearings until we finish it and get to the truth about the EJKs committed during the Duterte administration.)

"And we would like na yun pinakataas, pinaka-pinuno, pinaka-responsable, yung siyang dapat magpaliwanag," a visibly fuming Brosas told the panel.

(And we would like the highest-ranked, the leader, the most responsible person to give an explanation.)

Brosas, an assistant minority leader, said the problem stems from Duterte's pronouncements on his anti-drug campaign when he served as the president from 2016 to 2022.

"Para po sa mga bata, sa mga kababaihan na biktima po nitong war on drugs na ito, hindi po natin pwedeng itigil ito," said the militant congresswoman.

(For the sake of the children, and women victims of this drug war, we can't afford to stop this.)

HAVE YOU READ THIS?

https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/29/de-lima-better-to-wait-for-arrest-warrants-results-of-icc-probe-on-drug-war


Later in the hearing, Abante told the panel that the inquiry would indeed continue, given its importance.

"The Committee does not want to be one-sided, and to avoid this we have endeavored to hear all sides. As I have frequently reiterated, the integrity of this inquiry depends on obtaining all the facts and hearing all the perspectives," the Manila lawmaker said.

The panel had earlier sent an invite to the 79-year-old former chief executive to attend the inquiry. He declined.

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